Reason to Breathe
Breathing: Book #1
- By: Rebecca Donovan
- Narrated by: Kate Rudd
- Length: 14 hours 20 minutes
Description
“This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?” In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather not be seen at all. She’s more concerned with feigning perfection — pulling down her sleeves to conceal the bruises, not wanting anyone to know how far from perfect her life truly is. Without expecting it, she finds love. It challenges her to recognize her own worth — at the risk of revealing the terrible secret she’s desperate to hide. One girl’s story of unspeakable cruelty, life-changing love, and her precarious grasp of hope, Reason to Breathe is the first installment in the acclaimed Breathing Series.
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Breathing Series

Reason to Breathe
By: Rebecca Donovan
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 14 hours 20 minutes
Abridged: No
“This was the place where everything was supposed to be safe and easy. No one tried to get involved with me, and I kept to myself. How could Evan Mathews unravel my constant universe in just one day?” In the affluent town of Weslyn, Connecticut, where most people worry about what to be seen in and who to be seen with, Emma Thomas would rather... Read more »
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Barely Breathing
By: Rebecca Donovan
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 15 hours 48 minutes
Abridged: No
“I’ve spent most of my life trying to make it to a future that still hasn’t happened, or avoid a past that won’t let me go. I don’t remember when I’ve ever just stopped to live in the present, to hold on to the seconds I’m in.” Emma Thomas’s struggle with an abusive home life came to a heart-pounding conclusion in the final chapters of Reason... Read more »
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Out of Breath
By: Rebecca Donovan
Narrated by: Kate Rudd
Length: 14 hours 10 minutes
Abridged: No
Out of Breath is the first book in the million-copy bestselling Breathing Series.
“My insides still burned. I considered what I could do to push the torment back into the dark and return to my numb state. I couldn’t do it on my own. I needed help. I was desperate.”
Emma Thomas is hiding. From everything and everyone…including herself. But she... Read more »
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